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Xue’er Gao

Xue’er Gao (she/her) is originally from China. She currently lives in Philadelphia. Her work is grounded in Chinese art history and culture, with a studio practice that is based on an experimental approach to materials and processes. Using papermaking techniques and, in the process, transforming the patterns informed by Chinese culture, Gao creates artist books, prints, installations, and 3-dimensional forms. Her works are meant to be experimental, fun, and inventive visual poetry. She also works as a freelance visual artist and photographer. 

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Artist Gallery

Community Connections

What words are at the core, at the center? What stories are the edges? What has been erased from the margins? There's a lot of power wrapped up in the work of collections, in the decisions of those who came before us, in those who are here now, challenging old ways.

Jonas Lamb

Prof. of Library Science, University of Alaska Southeast

Beautiful visual interpretation of cyclical, overlapping information lifecycle from discovery through publication, dissemination, to deaccessioning.

M. J. Orzech

Scholarly Communications Librarian, SUNY Brockport

The rings of pages represent towers of information. The ring on the far right stands out to me the most because it has both weathered and brand new pages. These pages combine to form a perfect circle. It seems to say that combining older knowledge with new knowledge will form a well-rounded individual.

Samantha Foster

Director, Sutton Public Library